tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.comments2015-10-25T13:23:00.168-04:00Scrum Log Jeff SutherlandJeff Sutherlandhttps://plus.google.com/111305700591065946483noreply@blogger.comBlogger742125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-43480537836044152492014-08-06T16:56:43.509-04:002014-08-06T16:56:43.509-04:00The CEO I am talking about is the CEO of an indepe...The CEO I am talking about is the CEO of an independent company with over half a billion dollars iinvested in over 30 expansion stage startups using Scrum. He uses Scrum for everything in his company, not just software, and we wrote an IEEE paper called &quot;Take No Prisoners&quot; describing how they use Scrum. I invented Scrum to produce hyperproductive teams. That means 400% acceleration. The book title is conservative I recommend you at least read the IEEE paper which you can download for free on this blog.Jeff Sutherlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07761053439034726679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-25188444277594581352014-08-06T16:50:09.968-04:002014-08-06T16:50:09.968-04:00Jeff,
My scrum teams are fine. They are happy, de...Jeff,<br /><br />My scrum teams are fine. They are happy, delivering at a sustainable pace and the stakeholders are happy as well.<br />I just don&#39;t need to sell books for a living.<br />I don&#39;t intend to read a book with a title that is misleading and that &quot;sells&quot; scrum in the worst possible way. Maybe your CEO needs to read the agile manifesto...<br /><br />Again, I respect you a lot as a professional and that is way I can&#39;t understand a book with this title signed by you.Pedrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13290319012591035988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-46616637615061274252014-08-06T16:36:27.933-04:002014-08-06T16:36:27.933-04:00The CEO of our venture firm thinks the title of th...The CEO of our venture firm thinks the title of the new book is not strong enough. He says to his companies if they don&#39;t do three times as much in 1/3 the time they are not doing Scrum right. It sounds like you are having problems with your Scrum teams. You might read the book. He has his quote on the front page.Jeff Sutherlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07761053439034726679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-74768453387686522322014-08-06T12:00:12.673-04:002014-08-06T12:00:12.673-04:00Jeff,
I respect you a lot and I&#39;m thankful to...Jeff,<br /><br />I respect you a lot and I&#39;m thankful to &quot;invent&quot; a framework that revolutionise the way software is created... but the title of your new book is pure bullshit.<br /><br />You shouldn&#39;t sell scrum with a statement like that... not only is not true but also it&#39;s going to undermine scrum adoption in new companies with wrong expectation.<br /><br />My 2 cents.<br /><br /><br />Cheers,<br />PedroPedrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13290319012591035988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-90362511416783665602014-06-24T01:48:32.087-04:002014-06-24T01:48:32.087-04:00Sprint Retrospective is a meeting convened by the ...Sprint Retrospective is a meeting convened by the <a href="http://www.scrumstudy.com/" rel="nofollow"> Scrum Master </a> in which the team talks about the previous sprint and decided on how to make the next sprint productive.Alexia Marthoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06317889054125219258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-19674137290002214732014-06-19T00:27:44.148-04:002014-06-19T00:27:44.148-04:00I agree organizing systematically (ie, creating a ...I agree organizing systematically (ie, creating a process in place) is the most essential step. However, its easier said than done. Thats one area where its wise for small business to invest money on professional project management certifications like <br /><a href="http://www.scrumstudy.com/" rel="nofollow">agile scrum certification</a> courses.<br />Alexia Marthoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06317889054125219258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-16076312368233757372014-06-18T11:32:25.628-04:002014-06-18T11:32:25.628-04:00Reading the literature and complying with the scie...Reading the literature and complying with the science? Jeff, you&#39;re asking too much!Abraham Marín Pérezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681493467030746902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-28765810771796919362014-06-17T21:17:35.744-04:002014-06-17T21:17:35.744-04:00Speaking from experience - when I&#39;m in a team ...Speaking from experience - when I&#39;m in a team allowed to decide for itself things run a lot better in terms of delivery t the customer and team health. A win-win. At times I&#39;ve had to run this counter to management thinking drawing the evil eye and stressing me out. <br /><br />Management should pay attention to these sort of articles to make the flow of value easier and happier for all.<br /><br />Consequently managers can feel less stressed as well - everyone wins.Nick Zdunichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013416705839459785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-47021025586637252802014-06-17T02:47:01.888-04:002014-06-17T02:47:01.888-04:00Management can improve team performance by reading...Management can improve team performance by reading the literature and complying with the science.Jeff Sutherlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07761053439034726679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-1807889248988620082014-04-25T10:57:14.180-04:002014-04-25T10:57:14.180-04:00Yes, imho it is very useful. We have tried somethi...Yes, imho it is very useful. We have tried something similar, but the main challenge (not solved yet) is to have enough information the Backlogs in order to perform &quot;quarterly planning&quot;. That could be tough, especially if the POs are from other organizations.<br />The ideal context is to have the CR in the Backlog right in the moment when the customer itself has that change intention.Tudor Valentinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16555867617612129172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-45160078514301128272014-04-15T13:41:03.218-04:002014-04-15T13:41:03.218-04:00Grant,
Many people have the fundamental misconept...Grant,<br /><br />Many people have the fundamental misconeption your articulate in your note. Story points are a measure of feature delivery. As the team gets faster, because reference stories are stable, velocity increases. The miles from my house to OpenView Venture Partners in Boston where I do Scrum training is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It usually takes 45 minutes to an hour. If I get exactly in the right timing, it can take less than 20 minutes, a 300% improvement in velocity. There has been no change in points.Jeff Sutherlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07761053439034726679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-16444073587356290382014-04-15T13:01:28.791-04:002014-04-15T13:01:28.791-04:00I really like this discussion.
There is one par...I really like this discussion. <br /><br />There is one part of it that I have found to not work well in practice. Jeff says in the main post, &quot;A three point story today is three points next year...&quot; If the story point is a team&#39;s estimation of how hard something is for them to implement, than as the team gets more skilled the same story should get easier. Over time the story point estimations should drop for the same complexity, right? If you have turn-over and green developers coming in this may average out for your group. If you are a company that focuses on long-term employee support than the number of points for a given story should drop. The points should also drop as more and more very similar stories are executed by the team, right? Or am I missing something here.<br /><br />I have found velocity to be greatly abused by some VCs and executive management. They do not understand the relative nature of velocity based on the relative nature of story points. If you are trying to invest in company A vs. company B one having a velocity of 100 compared to 200 is meaningless. I have met several executives that would find all sorts of ways to artificially inflate velocity because, &quot;it will be easier to attract investors.&quot; I cringe when I hear these statements.<br /><br />I would like to hear someone - preferably with data - speak to why story points for a given story should not decrease as a team increases it&#39;s abilities. If my experience of this is normal than &quot;improvement&quot; can result in more throughput without a proportional increase in velocity.Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02385320911273697687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-76566482402958906042014-04-14T14:24:10.129-04:002014-04-14T14:24:10.129-04:00A useful read would be how Citrix Online managed a...A useful read would be how Citrix Online managed an enterprise backlog across multiple products to beat out Microsoft in market share. Their paper is in the IEEE Digital Library or at http://jeffsutherland.com/GreeningCitrixEnterpriseScrumHICSS2010-epilog.pdfJeff Sutherlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07761053439034726679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-87307104981494381102014-04-12T07:02:17.709-04:002014-04-12T07:02:17.709-04:00Many thanks for the clarification Jeff. Would love...Many thanks for the clarification Jeff. Would love to hear more about this project - sounds like a fantastic Scrum story that should be told.Ilanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16915366925919070779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-83765762743795001462014-04-12T06:17:00.875-04:002014-04-12T06:17:00.875-04:00The plane built with Scrum was the Saab JAS 39E. T...The plane built with Scrum was the Saab JAS 39E. The article I tweeted mentioned that it was a better plane than the F35 in the first paragraph. That might have confused you. See http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/24/the-planet-s-best-stealth-fighter-isn-t-made-in-america.htmlJeff Sutherlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07761053439034726679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-30985111340478574702014-04-11T20:11:13.543-04:002014-04-11T20:11:13.543-04:00Hi Jeff - you tweeted a few weeks ago that this pl...Hi Jeff - you tweeted a few weeks ago that this plane was developed using Scrum but this post seems to indicate otherwise. Any further insight would be great.Ilanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16915366925919070779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-63882191576468430552014-04-06T23:12:16.631-04:002014-04-06T23:12:16.631-04:00You must read Agile Kids too
http://www.amazon.es...You must read Agile Kids too <br />http://www.amazon.es/Agile-Kids-Shirly-Ronen-Harel-ebook/dp/B005C2097A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1396840295&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=agile+kids<br /><br />and in Spanish <br />http://www.amazon.es/Ni%C3%B1os-%C3%81giles-Shirly-Ronen-Harel-ebook/dp/B0081CCTOO/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1396840320&amp;sr=1-1Angel Aguedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057193880565124895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-47950978679555008732014-03-29T16:32:11.648-04:002014-03-29T16:32:11.648-04:00Wonderful i want to Apply un My CLASS of middle Sc...Wonderful i want to Apply un My CLASS of middle Schools in México thanks Victor Valenzuelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355568250547957830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-91733819121870105652014-03-27T06:50:50.484-04:002014-03-27T06:50:50.484-04:00There is a BIG question that Scrum usage guidance ...There is a BIG question that Scrum usage guidance must answer. It is used the term &quot;product&quot;: Product Backlog, Product Owner and others. Then, are presented scaling methods for more teams. All seems to be fine and logic for one product. The big question is how to Backlog for Multiple Teams and Multiple Products or Multiple Customers. That is a quite &quot;different kind of beast&quot; because we cannot serialize the work so easy as in the case on one product. There are parallel business events and business need that cannot be serialized. That could be done with Product Backlogs, but is almost impossible at the level of an Organizational Backlog. Tudor Valentinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16555867617612129172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-50318415766803922972014-03-20T10:40:47.167-04:002014-03-20T10:40:47.167-04:00Total agree !
just one thing for those contractor...Total agree !<br /><br />just one thing for those contractors : certifying is just a beginning ! Try coaching. Otherwise you will do waterfall-agile or short waterfall cycle, or...<br /><br />Agile is a transformation not a tool. You won&#39;t go back if you&#39;re transformed !Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584576565530105830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-87305460900331066402014-03-19T18:54:17.510-04:002014-03-19T18:54:17.510-04:00I&#39;m sorry Jeff, but when I hearing sentences l...I&#39;m sorry Jeff, but when I hearing sentences like &quot;They tripled their velocity in a few months.&quot; I tend to smile. From my experience velocity increase at the very beginning of the project happens because team&#39;s simply forget to re estimate their stories when their estimation scale has been changed. This situation looks like: in sprint 1 team estimated 2 US for 3 and 5 point&#39;s, as a result their velocity is 8pt assuming successful sprint. After few sprint&#39;s team can realize that they have to change estimation scale, so that they start to assign 8pt for US&#39;s which were 5pt, so if in previous sprint they did 3 US for 5pt each, than in the next sprint, with the same amount of work, they will do 24pt. Velocity will increase from 15 to 24, but team won&#39;t actually deliver more.Ruslan Dzhabbarovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09875147041355455646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-40736697010285184062014-03-03T18:23:44.092-05:002014-03-03T18:23:44.092-05:00Hi
Tks very much for post:
I like it and hope th...Hi<br /><br />Tks very much for post:<br /><br />I like it and hope that you continue posting.<br /><br />Let me show other source that may be good for community.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://performancereviewphrases.info/performance-review-templates/" rel="nofollow">Performance review templates</a><br /><br />Best rgs<br /><br />David<br />vinamobilethemeshttp://vinamobilethemes.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-27458921550543749842014-03-01T09:17:30.599-05:002014-03-01T09:17:30.599-05:00It&#39;s the capacity of a group of people to rapi...It&#39;s the capacity of a group of people to rapidly identify, and rationally respond to change. <br /><br />For groups that create software, it&#39;s a measure of their behavioral alignment with the 12 Agile Manifesto principles. <br /><br />Most so-called Agile-aware people cannot name 2 of 12 Agile Manifesto principles. This is a very big problem.<br /><br />Mr.Nowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03292693747487168205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-57160237404976651032014-02-27T19:18:05.614-05:002014-02-27T19:18:05.614-05:00Link to Scrum and CMMI paper has been fixed!Link to Scrum and CMMI paper has been fixed!Jeff Sutherlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07761053439034726679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491762.post-36928987938737331832014-02-27T18:34:53.971-05:002014-02-27T18:34:53.971-05:00Jeff, I&#39;d love to see a copy of the paper. The...Jeff, I&#39;d love to see a copy of the paper. The links seem to be broken for me?Chris Gagnéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16212362273737521552noreply@blogger.com